Desk construction



Dec. 4, 1962 F. s. KNOLL 3,066,994

DESK CONSTRUCTION Filed Nov. 15, 1960 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VEN TOR.

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DESK CONSTRUCTION Filed Nov. 15, 1960 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 57 INVEN TOR. 59Hare/7095. Kno/l "m MM Af/omey aasaaat Fatenteci Dec. 4-, 1%62 3,666,994DESK CQNSTRUQTEON Florence S. Knoii, New York, Niki, assignor to KnollAssociates, inc, New York, NEL, a corporation of New York in tied Nov.15, 1%3, Ser. No. @355 18 Claims. (all. 312-255) This invention relatesto an article of furniture providing a supporting leg and moreespecially to a desk or the like and the construction of a desk adjacenta corner thereof. The invention particularly relates to the constructionof the leg supporting the desk or the like adjacent its corner.

In desks and other articles of furniture of the prior art, and moreparticularly in desks which are provided with a rectangular topsupported by a frame or supporting structure of generally rectangularoutline in a horizontal plane, the supporting legs ordinarily aredisposed adjacent the corners formed in the desk structure. Inaccordance with some aspects of modern furniture design the structuresof desks or other articles of furniture of this type are made lessmassive than heretofore and consistently the legs are made slender andof relatively small cross section transverse to their vertical extent.To meet the requirements of strength, members of metal have been used insuch structures and the legs in some cases themselves have been made ofmetal. Where, however, wood or material simulating the grain of wood isused for the desk top or for the vertical panels of the desk, or aveneer for these parts, it may be desirable also to utilize in the legswood or a material simulating the grain of wood.

It is an object of the invention to provide in a desk structure or otherpiece of furniture a leg construction which is of slender form toconform to the desired design but has the required strength and rigidityto serve as a leg supporting the main structure of the desk or piece offurniture and capable of withstanding the stresses brought thereon inmoving the desk or piece or otherwise in the use thereof.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a leg constructionwhich in cooperation with the main structure of the desk or piece willdevelop a design feature adjacent the leg.

It is an additional object of the invention to provide a legconstruction which may utilize wood or other material having desiredsurface characteristics to give the appearance of a slender supportingleg of wood or other selected material.

To accomplish these purposes the leg construction of the inventioncomprises an elongated member having two lengthwise portions disposed inangular relation to each other and extending therealong and an elongatedupright having two surfaces in angular relation to each other, thisupright being disposed with its length along the elongated member andwith the two surfaces thereof facing outwardly thereof. This compositeleg construction is disposed in relation to the main structure of thedesk or the like with the angularly related portions of the elongatedmember disposed between the upright and respectively adjacent portionsof the main structure and with the outwardly facing surfaces of theupright disposed outwardly of the main structure. The upright may be ofwood or other selected material and usually will be of rectangu larsection transverse to its vertical length and the elongated memberordinarily will be provided by an angle member of metal, for example, ofsteel or aluminum, the upright being disposed in the angular spacebetween the two legs of the angle member. The angle member carries meanswhich is adapted to be secured to the main structure for supporting thestructure on the angle member as a leg.

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It is a further feature of the invention that the dimensions of theangle member and of the transverse section of the upright are such thatthe edge of each leg of the angle member is set back with respect to theadjacent outwardly facing surfaces of the upright, so that a recess isformed between the upright and the adjacent portion of the mainstructure. This recess provides a design feature in the desk or piece.The upright may be made of wood or of a'material simulating a wood grainor having other design characteristics. The two angularly relatedsurfaces of the upright may be of sulficient width to give this uprightthe appearance of a slender leg but one of substantial strength andrigidity. The upright may be secured to the angle member so that thisupright does not take any of the strain of the support for the mainstructure. The angle member may be of such section and may be secured tothe main or desk structure so as to provide the requisite support and atthe same time provide the requisite rigidity and resistance to bendingof the leg. If desired, however, the upright may cooperate with theangle member in providing structural support.

The recess which is formed between the upright and the desk structuremay be of a width equal to the thickness of the adjacent leg of theangle member and this thickness may be varied to suit different designsor to conform to other design characteristics of the desk or piece offurniture. For example, the width of the recess may be equal to or inother relation to the space between the upper and lower edges of thevertical faces of two superadjacent drawers of the desk. The rectangleof the cross section of the upright may be a square or one with unequalsides to suit different design conditions.

These and other features of the invention relating to the legconstruction and to design aspects will be understood from thedescription to follow of the drawings in which:

FIG. 1 shows a plan view of a desk structure with a fragmentary portionof the desk top;

FIG. 2 is a vertical elevation of the desk viewed from the lower side ofFIG. 1',

FIG. 3 is an end view of the in FIGS. 1 and 2;

FIG. 4 is a section on line 4-4 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 shows an elevation of the elongated angle member looking at theexterior corner of the angle;

FIG. 6 is a top end view of the angle member of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 shows to enlarged scale the lower portion of the leg constructionof FIGS. 4 and 5;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view to enlarged scale showing the assembly ofthe leg construction of the invention with members of the deskstructure, the desk top being shown in dot and dash line;

FIG. 9 shows a fragmentary view of a modification of the leg structure.

in PEG. 1 the main desk structure iii in this embodiment comprisesoutside end panels ll secured to the leg constructions as will bedescribed, inside panels 13 and longitudinal panels 15 which also aresecured to the leg constructions. The panels ll, 13 and 15 with suitablebottom panels and drawer slides form the boxes for receiving the drawers$7 of the desk. The two boxes shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 may be connected bya central panel 19. The longitudinal panels 15 and 19 are disposed atthe side of the desk structure opposite to that at which the user sits.The panels 11 and 13 are secured to the top 21 of the desk by anglebrackets 23 engaging the faces of the panels and the under side of thedesk top 21. This desk top is of such construction as to provide a rigidtop slab which cooperates with the drawer boxes 22 and with the legconstructions to form a rigid strong main desk strucdesk taken at theright 3 ture. The details of this main desk structure itself are notpart of the present invention.

The leg construction of the invention comprises an elongated upright 25which in the embodiment of 1-4, inclusive, is of square cross sectionand provides vertical outwardly facing surfaces 2'7, FIG. 4-, disposedat right angles to each other, the surfaces of the upright 25 that areinwardly disposed being in engagement with the interior surfaces 31 ofan elongated angular member 33 having legs 35 disposed at right anglesto each other. The legs 35 of this angle member are disposed between theupright 25' and the main desk structure. As shown in FIG. 4-, the legs35 are secured to the panels ll and 15 by screws 37 which extend intothe edge portions of the panels ll, 15, the heads of these screws beingcountersunk in the legs 3% at 32; in the interior surfaces of theselegs, so that, in this embodiment, the sides of the square of thetransverse section of the upright 25 will conform to the interiorsurface of the legs In the embodiment of l to 4 the dimensions of theupright 25 and the disposition of the angle member 33 are such that theoutwardly disposed surfaces 27 of the upright are substantially in thesame plane as the exterior surfaces of the panels Ill, 15, but thesurfaces 27 may be disposed in somewhat outwardly or inwardly offsetrelation to the exterior surfaces of panels 11, 15. In this embodimentalso the dimensions of the two exterior surfaces of the legs 35 of anglemember 33 transverse to the length of these legs are equal andsubstantially equal to the side of the square of the transverse sectionof the upright 25. The width of the recesses 39 that are formed alongthe uprights 25 and between the end surfaces of the panels ll, 15 andthe ad'acent inwardly disposed surfaces 2? of the upright in thisembodiment are equal to the thickness of the legs of the angle member33. The uprights 25 thus appear to be spaced somewhat from the panels.The leg construction of the invention, moreover, provides a shoulderalong its length between the lengthwise edge 2% of each of the legs 35and the adjacent side of the upright 25, the lengthwise edges 36 beingolfset inwardly from the outwardly disposed surfaces of the uprights25'. This shoulder is continued along the length of the upright 25 belowthe bottom edge of the panels 11, l5, as may be seen in FIGS. 2 and 3.Thus, the desired design effect is secured which is provided by therecess and the shoal er extending along the leg construction and givesthe appearance of the upright being slightly spaced from the deskstructure while supporting this structure.

As shown in FIGS. 4, and 6 the upright 25 is secured by a plurality ofsquare head screws 41 extending through holes 43 drilled or otherwiseformed at an angle to both legs 35 of angle member 33, these screwsbeing screwed into the upright 25 at its corner. As shown in FIGS. 4 and5, the angle ember 33 is formed with flat surfaces at the exteriorcorner thereof at the several locations along the angle member at whichholes 43 are formed, so as to provide proper bearing of the head of thescrews 41.

The angle member 33, as shown more particularly in FIGS. 4, 5 and 7 isprovided with a bracket 51 which may be Welded or otherwise secured tothe angle member 33 at the exterior side of this angle member.Preferably, as shown in FIGS. 1, 4 and 7 this bracket 51 may extendgenerally in the horizontal plane perpendicular to the length of theangle member 33 and at an angle to the exterior surfaces of both of thelegs 35 of this angle member. In this embodiment the length of thebracket 51 is disposed at 45 with respect to the legs 35. Holes 53 areformed in the bracket 5'1, the under side of the bracket at these holesbeing countersunk as at 55, FlGS. 4, 5 and 6 to receive flat headed woodscrews adapted to be screwed into the bottom panels of the boxes 22. Thebrackets 51 are secured to the angle member 33 at such a height abovethe floor as to engage the boxes to oes support these boxes with upperedges of the panels thereof substantially in a common plane which may becoincident with a planar surface and the underside of the desk top 21.The angle brackets 23 above mentioned may be secured by screws, notshown, passing through holes in the angle brackets and screwed into thepanels ll, 13 and into the under side of the desktop Zll.

The angle member 33 of the leg construction also is provided with a web57 transverse to the length of the angle member at the lower endthereof. This web 57 at the bottom side thereof provides a smoothsurface for engagement with the floor, a screw 59 extending throughcountersunk hole 61 in the web 57, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, and beingscrewed into the bottom end of the upright 25 which in this embodimentengages the upper surface of the web 57. The edges of the web 57, asshown in FIGS. 4 and 7, are offset inwardly with respect to the verticalsurfaces of the upright 25, so that shoulders 63 are formed along thelower end of the uprights 25 corresponding to the shoulders along thevertical surfaces of the upright which extend along the vertical edgesof the legs 35 of member 33. This shouldered relation of the verticalsurface of the upright with respect to the edges of the angle membercontributes to the design effect desired to be obtained.

In FIG. 8 is shown to enlarged scale inperspectivc view an assembly ofthe desk structure with the leg construction of the invention. In thefigure the angle member 33 has equal legs 35, as in FIG. 4. Thethicknesses of the two legs 35 of this angle member are equal and theupright member 25 is of square section, two angularly related faces ofthe upright bearin against the interior surfaces of the legs 35 of theangle member 33, the exterior surfaces of the angle member bearingagainst the ends of horizontal structural members 64, 65 of the deskstructure. The leg construction of the invention and its relation tothese structural members of the desk structure is generally the same asabove described in connection with FIGS. 17, inclusive. It will beunderstood, in place of the panels fill, 15 which may be of a heightequal to the height of the drawer boxes, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, thatthe structural members 64, 65 which may be the upper members of the maindesk structure may be of suitable size to cooperate with lowerstructural members, these members being adapted to have attached theretoin any desired relation, for example at the exterior side thereof,panels of wood or metal or other materials secured by suitablefasteners. The leg construction of the invention as described inconnection with FIGS. 1-7 may be utilized in the modification of FIG. 8,the screws 66 being screwed into the ends of such structural memberssimilarly to the screws 37 in relation to the panels ll, 15.

In FIG. 9 is shown a modification of the leg construction in which theupright member 67 is of rectangular section with the sides of therectangle unequal. in this embodiment the legs 69 and 71 of the anglemem er 73 corresponding to the angle member 33 are of unequal length andthe dimension transversely of the length of the angle member 73 of theexterior surface 75 of the leg 69 is equal to the side '77 of therectangle of the upright 67. The transverse dimension of the exteriorsurface 79 of the leg '71 is equal to the longer side ttl of therectangle. As shown, the thicknesses of the legs 6% and 71 are equal, sothat the depths of the recesses 83, in this embodiment from the outerfaces of the upright 65 are equal. It will be understood that theconstruction shown in FIG. 9 may be attached to the panels ll, 1.5 or tostructural members 64, 65 of the desk structure in the same manner aspreviously described. the angle member 73 being drilled or otherwiseprovided with holes for screws or fasteners securing the upright 67 tothe angle member 73 and for securing the leg construction to the deskstructure.

It will be understood further, although in the e bodiments shown in thedrawing and described the thicknesses of the two legs of the anglemember are equal and the lengths of the legs at their exterior surfacesrespectively are equal to the adjacent dimensions of the rectangle ofthe upright 25, 67, that both of these leg dimensions may be differentin the two legs of the angle members 33, '73. Thus, either the depth orthe width of the recesses, or both, may be varied with differentthicknesses of the legs 35 when an upright 25 is used which is of squaresection as shown in FIGS. 4 and 8, or when an upright 67 is used whichis of rectangular section but with unequal sides, and similar variationsmay be accomplished by varying the dimensions of the legs 35 transverseto the length of the angle member. Moreover, although in the embodimentsdisclosed the uprights 25, 67 are shown with their inwardly disposedsurfaces in contacting engagement with the interior surfaces of theangular member, the uprights being disposed in the angular space betweenthe legs of the angle member, these upright members in some cases may bespaced by suitable means somewhat from these interior surfaces of thelegs of the angle members 33, 73. Also, instead of the legs of the anglemembers 33, 73 being disposed in engagement with the end surfaces of thepanels l1, 15 or with ends of structural members 64, 65 of the deskstructure, these legs may be somewhat spaced from the edges of thepanels or from the structural members, suitable spacers or washers beingused. Such variations may be practiced within the scope of the inventionin order to secure variations in the design effect or for practicalreasons.

In each case, however, the leg construction provides the recess whichhas been described, or the shoulder or both, the angle member servingfor the most part or entirely to carry the load and to afford therequisite rigidity, the uprights serving to give the appearance of a legof substantial cross section but of relatively slender design. Theupright member, however, by virtue of being secured suitably to theangle member, also may serve to reinforce the angle member to increasethe rigidity of the leg construction and to support the load, especiallywhere it is desired to develop in the leg construction in associationwith the desk structure a relatively narrow recess extending along theleg and a narrow shoulder between the edge of the angle member and theoutwardly disposed face of the upright.

Although in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 the vertical ends ofthe front panels of the drawers 17 overlap the forward vertical edges ofthe inner panels 13 of the drawer boxes 2-2, so that at the cornersformed between the front drawer panels and the panels 13 no recess alonga vertically extending member is provided, nevertheless, within thescope of the invention a vertically extendin composite member utilizingan angle member and an upright disposed in the angle between the legs ofthe angle member and providing outwardly disposed vertical surfaces onthe upright may be utilized at this location. In such case the edges ofthe angle members disposed adjacent the front drawer panels and insetwith respect to the vertical surfaces of the uprights will form withthese drawer panels and with the forward faces of the upright membersvertically extending recesses along the vertical edges of the drawerpanels in a manner similar to the recesses 39 formed along the othervertical edges of the drawers, as shown at the left of the left hand box22 and at the right of the right hand box 22 of FIG. 2 of the drawings.

While for the most part the invention has been described in connectionwith the drawings with respect to a desk structure, it will beunderstood that this invention will find application in other types offurniture where a leg construction of relatively slender form andappearance is desired while providing also a leg support of sufficientrigidity and strength for the purpose. For example, the leg constructionof the invention may be utilized in a cabinet or a credenza or a consolefor various purposes. Although also the disclosure for the most partrelates to a desk or other piece of furniture which is of rectangularform providing square corners, it will be understood that this legconstruction may be utilized in connection with furniture of othercontour or outline which, however, ordinarily will have adjacentsurfaces which are in angular relation to each other adjacent which theleg construction may be disposed in the manner described.

In the claims, where the outwardly facing vertical surfaces of theupright are described as generally parallel to the two angularly relatedportions of the outline of the desk structure, it will be understoodthat the words generally parallel are intended to include thedisposition where the two vertical surf-aces respectively are in thesame planes as the two angularly related portions of the outline of thedesk structure as well as the disposition where the two verticalsurfaces of the upright respectively are horizontally offset from theangularly related portions of the outline.

(Ether modifications may be made without departing from the scope of theinvention while utilizing the leg construction and its embodiment in adesk or similar furniture structure, this leg construction providing theupright and the angle member disposed and cooperating as described forsupporting the desk structure. All such variations and modifications areintended to be within the scope of the appended claims.

This application, Serial No. 69,355, filed November 15, 1960, disclosesand claims an improvement upon the invention disclosed and claimed inthe application of Forest G. tark, Serial No. 57,806, filed September22, 1960.

I claim:

1. In a desk or similar article of furniture the combination with a mainstructure having an exterior outline comprising two generally horizontalportions in angular relation to each other adjacent a corner of saidstructure, of an elongated upright disposed adjacent said corner of saidmain structure and having two vertical surfaces outwardly facing withrespect to said structure and disposed generally in angular relation toeach other and respectively generally parallel to said two portions ofsaid exterior outline of said main structure, an elongated member havingtwo lengthwise portions disposed in angular relation to each other andextending along and adjacent to and generally coextensive with saidupright at the sides thereof respectively opposite to said outwardlyfacing vertical surfaces of said upright, said elongated member beingdisposed with said lengthwise portions thereof be tween said upright andrespectively adjacent portions of said main structure, the edges of saidangularly related lengthwise portions along the length of said elongatedmember being disposed inwardly of said outwardly facing verticalsurfaces of said upright so as to leave recesses extending along saidupright between said upright and said main structure, means securingsaid elongated memher to said main structure to provide for supportingsaid main structure on said elongated member, and means securing saidupright to said elongated member so that said upright provides theappearance of a leg supporting said main structure and spaced by saidrecesses from said main structure.

2. In a desk or similar article of furniture the combination with a mainstructure providing outwardly isposed vertical surfaces at right anglesto each other adjacent a corner of said structure, of an elongatedupright having lengthwise exterior surfaces defining a rectangularsection of said upright transverse to the length thereof, said uprightbeing disposed adjacent said corner with its length vertical and withtwo of its rectangularly related surfaces facing outwardly of the deskand respectively generally parallel to said vertical surfaces of saidmain structure, the inwardly facing rectangularly related surfaces ofsaid upright being respectively adjacent and spaced from adjacentportions of said main structure,

accuses an angle member inwardly disposed with respect to and extendingalong and generally coextensive with said upright with its legsrespectively in the spaces between said inwardly facing verticalsurfaces of said upright and the respectively adjacent portions of saidmain structure, the edges of said legs of said angle member beingdisposed inwardly from the respectively adjacent outwardly facingvertical surfaces of said upright to form recesses along said upright,means securing said angle member to said main structure to provide forsupporting said structure on said angle member, and means securing saidupright to said angle member so that said upright provides theappearance of a leg spaced by said recesses from and supporting saidmain structure.

3. In a desk or similar article of furniture the combination as definedin claim 2 in which the surface of at least a given leg of said anglemember that is disposed toward the space between the legs of said anglemember engages the adjacent surface of said upright that faces inwardlyof said main structure, the dimension of the exterior surface of saidgiven leg transverse to the length of said angle member beingsubstantially equal to the corresponding transverse dimension of saidadjacent inwardly facing surface of said upright.

4. In a desk or similar article of furniture the combination as definedin claim 2 in which the surfaces of the respective legs of said anglemember that are disposed toward the space between the legs of said anglemember engage the respective adjacent surfaces of said upright that faceinwardly of said main structure, the dimensions of the exterior surfacesof said two legs of said angle member transverse to its lengthrespecitvely being substantially equal to the corresponding transversedimensions of the respective inwardly facing surfaces of said upright,so that the edge of each leg of said angle member is inset in its spacefrom the adjacent vertical outwardly facing surface of said upright adistance equal to the thickness of the other leg of said angle member.

5.- In a desk or similar article of furniture the combination as definedin claim 2 in which the dimensions of the sides of said rectangularsection of said upright are equal.

6. In a desk or similar article of furniture the combination as definedin claim 2 in which the dimensions of the sides of said rectangularsection of said upright are unequal.

7. In a desk or similar article of furniture the combination as definedin claim 6 in which the dimensions of the two legs of said angle membertransverse to its length are unequal, the legs of said angle memberrespectively of greater and less dimension being disposed adjacent thesurfaces of said upright of longer and shorter dimension in saidrectangular section.

8. In a desk or similar article of furniture the combination as definedin claim 2 in which said rectangular section of said upright is a squareand the dimensions of said two legs of said angle member transverse toits length substantially are equal, the surfaces of the respective legsof said angle member that are disposed toward the space between the legsof said angle member engaging the respective adjacent surfaces of saidupright that face inwardly of said main structure.

9. in a desk or similar article of furniture the combination as definedin claim 8 in which the dimensions of the exterior surfaces of said twolegs of said angle member transverse to the length of said angle membersubstantially are equal to the dimension of a side of said square.

'10. In a desk or similar article of furniture the combination asdefined in claim 2 in which said rectangular section of said upright isa square, the surfaces of the respective legs of said angle member thatare disposed toward the spa' e between the legs of said angle memberengaging the respective adjacent surfaces of said upright that faceinwardly of said main structure, the dimensions of the exterior surfacesof the two legs of said angle member transverse to its lengthsubstantially being equal and substantially equal to the dimension ofthe side of said square, the thickness of said two legs of said anglemember being substantially equal and substantially equal to the width ofthe recesses extending along the edges of said legs so that the edges ofsaid legs of said angular member are inset in said spaces respectivelyfrom the vertical outwardly facing surfaces of said upright a distancesubstantially equal to the thickness of the legs of said angle member.

ll. in a desk or similar article of furniture the combination as definedin claim 2 in which said angle member is provided with a bracket securedthereto and extending transversely of the length of said angle memberfrom an inwm ly fa ing exterior surface of a leg of said angle member,said bracket being secured to said main strum ture for supporting saidstructure on said angle member.

12. in a desk or similar article of furniture the combination as definedin claim 2 in which said angle member is provided with a bracketextending from the corner formed between the two inwardly facingexterior surfaces of the legs of said angle member and at an angle toeach of said surfaces, said bracket engaging said main structure tosupport said structure on said angle member and being formed to receivefastening means for securing said bracket to said main structure.

13. A leg construction for a desk or the like which comprises anelongated member adapted to be disposed with its length vertical in thedesk structure, said member being formed with two leg portions disposedin angular relation to each other and extending along the length of saidmember, an elongated upright providing two surfaces extending along thelength of said upright and disposed in angular relation to each other,said elongated member being substantially coextensive with said upright,said upright being disposed in the angular space between said twoangularly related leg portions of said elongated member and with saidangularly related surfaces of said upright disposed adjacent therespective leg portions of said elongated member, the edges of therespective leg portions of said elongated member along the lengththereof being spaced inwardly from respective outwardly disposedportions of the surface of said upright to form shoulders with saidupright generally coextensive therewith, means securing said upright tosaid elongated member, and means carried by said elongated member andadapted to be secured to the desk structure with said elongated memberdisposed vertically adjacent a corner of said desk structure formedbetween two angulary related horizontally extending portions of theoutline of said desk structure and with said angularly related surfacesof said upright facing inwardly with respect to said desk structure anddisposed generally parallel to the respective angularly related portionsof said outline, whereby said leg portions of said elongated memberseparate said upright from the respectively adjacent portions of saiddesk structure and said leg con struction forms with said desk structurevertically extending recesses along said upright.

14. A leg construction as defined in claim 13 in which said elongatedmember is provided by an angle member having the legs thereof at rightangles to each other and extending along the length of said anglemember, said elongated upright providing surfaces extending along thelength oL said upri ht and defining a rectangular section of saidupright trs. .sverse to its length, so that said upright may be disposedin relation to said corner of said desk structure formed between a frontvertical surface and a side vertical surface of said desk structure thatare at right angles to each other with said inwardly facing angulariyrelated surfaces of said upright generally parallel to said front andside surfaces of said desk structure.

35. A leg structure as defined in claim 14 in which the dimensions ofthe exterior surfaces of said legs of said angle member transverse tothe length of said angle member respectively are equal to the dimensionsof the sides of said rectangular section of said upright adjacent therespective legs of said angle member.

16. A leg structure as defined in claim 14 in which the dimensions ofthe exterior surfaces of the two legs of said angle member transverse tothe length of said angle member substantially are equal.

17. A leg structure as defined in claim 14 in which said angle membercomprises a web transverse to the length thereof at an end of said anglemember to provide a foot for said angle member.

18. In a furniture construction the combination with a main structurehaving an exterior outline comprising a generally horizontal portion, ofan elongated upright disposed adjacent said main structure and having avertical surface disposed generally parallel to said portion of saidexterior outline of said main structure, an elongated spacer memberdisposed between said upright and said main structure and generallycoextensive with said upright, a lengthwise edge of said spacer memberbeing offset inwardly with respect to said vertical surface of saidupright so as to provide a recess extending along said upright betweensaid upright and said main structure, and means securing said uprightand said spacer member to said main structure so that said uprightprovides the appearance of a leg spaced by said recess from said mainstructure.

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